Abstract
Vitexin, orientin, isoorientin, luteolin and apigenin were isolated from the herb, Tragopogon orientnlis L. The occurrence of quercetin and the phenolic acids: chlorogenic, homoprotoca-techuic, protocatechuic, caffeic, gentysic, p-hydroxybenzoic, m-hydroxybenzoic o-hydroxyphenylacetic, p-hydroxyphenylacetic, p-cumaric, syringic, vanillic, ferulic and salicylic, and of the sugars: glucose, fructose and sucrose was demonstrated chromatographically.
Keywords
Tragopogon orientalis L.; flavonoids; phenolic acids; sugars